Collar-button



J. W UNDER. COLLAR BUTTON. APPLICATIQN FILED MAY 27, 1920.

1,379,377, Pamnted May 24, 1921.

INVENTOR JOHN wnivnnn, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented liiay 24, 1921.

Application filed May 27, 1920. Serial No. 384,614.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN l/Vnivnnn, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to buttons and more particularly to collar buttons for fastening the front ends of the collar to the neck band of a shirt, improved means being provided for facilitating the insertion of the head and shank of the button through the buttonholes.

t is an object of this invention to provide an improved button of the character mentioned which is capable of easy and quick insertion through the buttonhole of the garment to which it is applied.

Another object is to provide an improved button which is capable of insertion through the buttonhole with little strain on the latter, greatly lessening the probability of inury to the buttonhole.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereafter in connection with the detailed description of the embodiment of the invention herein disclosed.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein an illustrative but preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a collar button embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view;

Fig. 4 is a section taken approximately on the line 44: of Fig. 1; and.

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding with Fig. 2 but showing a modification.

As well known it has heretofore been diflicult to insert collar buttons in the buttonholes of shirt neck bands and collars for securing the latter in position, and this is particularly true in cases where the garments are starched, a great deal of force being required to insert the button into pos tion. This results in a great deal of lnconvenlence and often in damage to the garments. By the improved button forming the subjectmatter of this invention these disadvantages are overcome.

Referring now to the drawing for a detailed description of the illustrative embodiment, the collar button, which is preferably made of a single integral piece of metal, but may be made of other material or formed of a plurality of metal parts appropriately secured together, is supplied with the unsual base 1, shank 2, and head 3. The base may be circular, or of any convenient shape, and the shank may be oblong in cross-section with its major diameter adapted to lie along the length of the buttonhole when in position therein. It is obvious, however, that the shank may be circular in cross-section, if desired, or it may be of any other convenient shape. The head may be round but is preferably elongated or oval in shape, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, having its major axis disposed parallel to the major axis of the shank. The head has'a fiat surface or rim 4 adjacent the point where it joins the shank, this portion being adapted to lie against the surface of. the garment when in position in the buttonhole thereof. From the lower lateral edges the head tapers upwardly to a pointed nose or projection 5, a substantially wedge-shaped formation being thus provided.

Located at one side of the head and suitably mounted on a pin 6 lying parallel with the plane of the shank is a roller or drum 7 mounted in a suitable recess at one edge of the headprovided for this purpose. The surface of this roller may be roughened or knurled so as to positively engage the edge of the buttonhole when entering the same. its surface may also becurved axially, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to avoid projecting corners and edges which might injure the garment; this provides a curved or bulged surface projecting slightly outwardly of the upper and lower and lateral surfaces of the head and intersecting the adjacent inclined surface thereof. This bulged surface engages the edges of the buttonhole substantially throughout the length of the roller but the engagement is more positive adjacent the center of length of the buttonhole. This roller or drum construction is well adapted to engage the edge of the buttonhole and to to be moved or rotated to guide the button easily and smoothly therethrough with little effort and inconvenience on the part of the user. It will be obvious that other means than the pin 6 may be employed for mounting the roller in the head of the button.

As shown at 8 in Fig. 2, the inclination of the surface on the side of the head adjacent the roller is somewhat steeper than that on the opposite side, and is slightly curved or hollowed. This provides a surface which is adapted to guide the edge of the buttonhole more smoothly into contact with the surface of the roller. I 7

From the foregoing description the method of operation in inserting the button into a buttonhole will be obvious. Furthermore, it will be clear that the removal of the button from the buttonhole will be made easy by the construction provided. By first applying removing pressure on the side adjacent the roller, the button will be smoothly guided through the buttonhole by reason of the fact that the surface of the roller projects slightly below the surface 4 of the head, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the further fact that the shank maintains the axis of the roller parallel to the length of the buttonhole.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, a roller 7 corresponding to the roller 7 of Fig. 2 is provided at each side of the head of the button. In this case the upper inclined portion of the head will be curved so as to guide the edges of the buttonhole into con tact with the rollers as described above in connection with the roller 7 of the other modification. Otherwise the construction shown in Fig. 5 is similar to that shown in the other modification and the operation thereof will be clearly understood.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all,

matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

, Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is' 1. A collar button or the like having a nose for entering the buttonhole and a drum presenting a rotatable surface adjacent to said nose adapted to engage the edge of the buttonhole and to be moved thereby to guide the button into position in the buttonhole.

2. A collar button or the like-having a head provided with a roller, theaxisof said roller being at one side of the longitudinal axis of the head, the surface of said roller being curved axially thereof.

3. A collar button or the like having a nose for entering the buttonhole and a drum presenting a rotatable surface adjacent to said'nose adapted to en age the edge of the buttonhole and to be moved thereby to guide the button into position in the buttonhole, said surfacebeing disposed below said nose.

4. A button having a shank oblong in cross-section, a head mounted upon said shank, and a drum on said head rotatable on an axis parallel to the major axis of said shank. I

5. A button having a shank oblong in cross-section, a head mounted upon said shank and having a projecting nose thereon and a drum mounted on said head on an aXis parallel to the major axis of said shank and having a surface disposedadjacent said nose.

6. A collar button or the like having a head with a projecting nose thereon adapted to enter a buttonhole, a rotatable member mounted below said nose and adapted to be engaged by the edge of the buttonhole and to be rotated thereby the edge of said head.

7. A button including, in combination, a. head having a nose for parting the edges of a buttonhole and a member rotatable to ease the edge of the buttonhole over the lateral edge of said head.

8. A button including, in combination, a head having a nose for parting the edges of a buttonhole and a roller providing a rotatable lateral edge of said head.

In testimony whereof i affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN WUNDEB.

to carry the same over Witnesses J. W. ANDERSON, M. CAsHIN. 

